7 Tala-s: geographical identifications
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A-tala |
PUMs-cali-s |
MaPOON aborigines of Cape York Paeninsula, Queensland |
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SvaIRIN.i-s |
IRIaN Jaya, New Guinea |
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KAMini-s |
MahaKAM river, Borneo |
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Vi-tala, where is gold called "Hat.aka" < *HARtaka |
Khruse "gold" = the name (in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios) for Malaya: JoHoR BaHARu |
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Su-tala, the abode of Maha-bali |
Maha-bali is also ascribed to Kerala of the Malayalam |
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Tala-atala, abode of Maya who built Tri-pura renowned for the Tripura DAHana: DAHana = [Zend] DAHAka |
the DAHAi on the river Da[h]ik-s (= antient name for the Ural river) |
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RaSa-TaLa |
[Kemetian mythical place] RS-TLu (RS-T3W) is identified (by Reginald Fessenden) with RoSTaU at the mouth of the river Don (on sea of Azov) |
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MaHa-TALa |
MoHacz (in Hungary); TAuLantioi, the antient tribe occupying the site of modern Tirana |
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PaTaLa |
Patala-RAVaNa |
PeTeLia in Bruttium-Lucania of Italy; RAVeNNa |
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references:
on the Tala-s, various Puran.a-s --
the sequence of Tala-s is mentioned in EDP, p. 1010;
description (from the Devi-Bhagavata, 9th skandha) on pp. 1011-1012;
Patala-Ravana on pp. 1012-1014 and at http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn6/south/ramayan.html
on the Khruse (Aureus, "golden") Khersonesos ("paeninsula") as Malaya http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/245mono.html
on Maha-bali in Kerala http://www.webonautics.com/ethnicindia/festivals/onam.html
on Daik-s as the Ural www.encislam.brill.nl/data/EncIslam/S5/SIM-7995.html
on RS-T3W as RoSTaU http://www.radiocom.net/Deluge/Deluge11.htm
on Mohacz of 2 battles -- the 1st battle http://www.biology.iastate.edu/intop/6%20Central%20Europe/BACKGROUND%20READINGS%20FOR%20TRIP/Slovak-Hungarian%20Relations%20-%20Hi ; the 2nd battle http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Marr05.html
EDP = Swami Parmeshwaranand: Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the Puran.as. Sarup & Sons, New Delhi, 2001.